Hi

Milly's Mummy, I don't remember experiencing any of the problems you have mentioned. I know when I went low GI I had energy consistently throught the day. Perhaps just a signifcant change for you body or otherwise are you eating enough and regularly? Somebody else might know....

I thought I might share my experience below if anyone is interested:

I did go to a Dietician, Geraldine Georgou, on Tuesday for an assessment appt. She has lots of expereince in the area and has filled me with some confidence and seem very passionate spending a thorough 1.5 hours with me and very much put her investigative hat on. She also knows of my FS and rang him during the appt. She gave me lots of articles to reference the subjects. I feel alot of relief actually she seems to want to sort this out as much as I do.

Her assistant rang all the various pathology places and obtained my old blood test results. My Glucose Tolerance Test that the FS sent me for about 18 months ago did not have any insulin results just the glucose levels. My glucose was consistently low at the three test periods instead of showing a peak. This led her to two hypothese:
1) malabsorption (glucose not adequately getting across to the blood)
2) insulin dysfuntion (??uptake of glucose too quick), but then I produce the immature eggs so not very clear

I look like a classic ceoliac, however it appears the endocrinologist I once went to about being a light weight, ordered only 1 of the 3 tests and ruled me out for it. It got a bit interesting from here: there are links between endo and ceoliac (i have endo), plus also ceoliacs and myeloma (my dad has myeloma). Importantly there are links between ceoliacs and infertility and miscarrigage (i figure this is due to poor nutrient levels) so I would have to get this sorted. My FS was not interested in knowing whether I had Ceoliacs so we are going to work on this on the side.

So the action plan for me is:[*]A diet plan based upon 40% carbs, 40% protein, and 20% fats. This is in grams and not in relation to sources of calories like Calorie King will show you. Whilst low GI can be helpful, according to the dietician, having protein or even fat with a carb makes it low GI eg having a piece of fruit and a box of nuts. Proteins sources should be low fat. The diet plan is soo easy, nothing weird.
EG. breakfast
For breakfast you could have burgen bread with vegemite and low fat cheese. You could have scrambled eggs on toast.The LSA mix (linseed, almond and sunflower seeds) in the health food section can be spinkled on your Special K and low fat milk to make it a perfectly balance dish and it tastes nice.

It is important to note each meal or snack needs to be balanced rather than trying to make it all balance out at the end of the day on calorie king. Therefore I am not using Calorie King
[*]Blood tests to explore malabsorption.
[*]Looking to delay my cycle whilst I get this sorted out[/LIST]

I would suggest that anyone who has diet related fertilty problem find a dietician/nutritionist with lots of experience in infertilty/PCOS/endocrine problems rather than being left to fend for yourself with limited advice and support from an FS. You don't need a referral, however if you get the FS to write a note stating their aims then at least you can all be on the same page.

Good Luck